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#10: Peanuts

On October 2, 1950, the Peanuts comic strip by Charles M. Schulz made its debut in nine American newspapers. Bringing beloved characters like Charlie Brown and Snoopy into our lives, Peanuts is one of the most popular comic strips ever published. In fact, with 17,897 strips published during its lifetime, it's been credited as "arguably the longest story ever told by one human being."

To celebrate Charlie Brown and his gang, this week's writing prompts are all inspired by characters from the comic. Can you guess who?

This week's prompts

Write a story about a character who remains resilient even when things feel like they're constantly going wrong.

Character – 42 stories

Write a story about a character who is trying to create art but is constantly interrupted.

Funny – 38 stories

Write a story about someone who is unexpectedly wise.

Character – 18 stories

Write a story about someone who believes they are an extremely good judge of character.

Character – 16 stories

Write a story about two friends who have a knack for understanding each other better than anyone else.

Character – 26 stories

Stories

“Orbs of Colour” by Mary Waters

Submitted to Contest #10

‘I don’t think it’s the right colour.’Elroy sighed, shook his head and glared at me, ‘You always have to interfere, don’t you? And you always disagree,’ he said. ‘No matter what I do you find fault. There are occasions when I think you must spend all your time in contemplation of the flaws you can find in my ideas.’‘That’s all in your imagination,’ I said. ‘I only wish to help.’ I pointed to show where I meant. ‘Look at it, somehow that bit doesn’t match the rest.’‘And yet, I am the artist.’He turned back to his work and we both remained sil...

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“Shock” by Brandi Smith

Submitted to Contest #10

Jake stared at the black canvas. Black was what he felt. Black was what he delivered. Black, however, was not what was expected. What was expected? A 20 piece collection of new "emotional abstracts" for Gloria's "Feelings" exhibit at her gallery. 20 damned canvases full of shapes and random lines supposedly depicting sadness or glee or whatever godforsaken feeling Jake had at the very moment he painted. The true problem here was the fact Jake was pretty numb by the 8th painting. Empty.It had turned out well enough, a sea of blues and greens....

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“My Only Friend in the World ” by Catherine Burford

Submitted to Contest #10

For the third time this month, I set up my easel. I had about ten mini containers of paint, five different paintbrushes, a palette to mix my colors with, and a cup of water. As I tied my blonde hair up into a ponytail, I gazed at the brunette princess Barbie doll I had propped up on a table. On her left was a mini Christmas tree with all of its ornaments removed, and on her right was a toy dragon I had stolen-I mean borrowed-from my brother. The only things I painted on the canvas were a blue sky and green hills. I was finally going to paint...

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“Forgive” by Bryn Batten

Submitted to Contest #10

The familiar rattle of the spray paint can echoed off the walls of the alley, joining the distant car horns and music. I brushed my hair back behind my ear with my free hand, took a breath, and began to work. Baselines first, the black paint shone in the dim alleyway lamplight. The smell overwhelmed my nose, making me recoil back and cover it with the collar of my old t-shirt. I continued to paint, the curved and straight lines flowing easily from my mind to the wall. I was lost in the motions. Arm and wrist moving expertly, I painted ...

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“The Confused Artist” by Aditi Mishra

Submitted to Contest #10

Marc had another tussle with his boss. Minutes before that he had a never-ending argument with one of his teammates.The drill was not new to him. He will present his side of the story to his boss. Then, listen to what version they had for him. Then, he would acknowledge his error. And then, he would promise not to repeat it.Today's rendezvous post an agitation with a colleague was not the first one for Marc. The last 3 years of his work experience involved more of such incidents. With time such incidents were more frequent. Also, the nu...

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“Unfortunately” by Kim Trojel

Submitted to Contest #10

The computer started off in my office. It was one of those open rooms that are connected to the living room to kind of extend both rooms, but not really. I kept all of my books in there, as well as the desktop computer that had followed me my whole writing career. It was a wonder it hadn’t broken down yet. The office used to be the perfect spot for me to write. It had just enough light and a wonderful view of the backyard garden that had survived the previous tenant of my small rented house. Lately, however, I found myself distracted. ...

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“SAP-RELATED TREES AND CLINKING” by Krithika Venkatesan

Submitted to Contest #10

When you think of prisons, rosewood doors do not exist. They exist as the entrance to the Maharaja’s private quarters. The door that keeps me in at this particular hour is rosewood, and is an unwound tornado of pinks and oranges and sandals, but I humbly acknowledge that I have not been anyone’s Maharaja so far. The rosewood door has just now shut and locked. I assume it must have been standing for at least 25 years or so, because there is green moss in ...

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“Wat is fathe?” by Tony Hall

Submitted to Contest #10

Hi. My name is Michael Goldman, and Im in the 1st grade. My teecher axed the class to rite down a story in 1 month abowt wat is fathe? Im confuzd. I dont no wat that meens, so i axed arownd. Mamma tole me fathe meens to beleeve in god, but not to speek his name out lowd becuz it was to holy. My oldr sister Patty is a softmoor in hi skool, she sez theres no such thing as god, its juss a fary tale to forse pepole to think a like. My frend Ali, sez theres only one tru god in the werld, and its not mine. Im still confuzd. &...

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“If Not You, Than Who?” by Kaitlyn Lee

Submitted to Contest #10

“Maybe this isn’t such a good idea,” he thought to himself, pulling into a gas station. Jeremy sat inside his ancient silver Sebring and considered turning around altogether. “How well did he really even know MiKayla?” he wondered. They had met at a Halloween party last year while he was visiting a friend in California and had hit it off surprisingly well but Jeremy had never been one to jump into things and now he was driving across the entire continental United States to meet up with a girl he had met once. He shook his head in disbelief e...

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“Learning to Read” by SSPow Powell

Submitted to Contest #10

Wednesday I didn't know Sean long, but he always seemed super serious to me. I had just started out working loss prevention at the big box store and I was joyful and exuberant. I found out later that the cashiers thought of me like a big dumb puppy. They weren't really too far off the mark either. I took to my job like the worlds coolest game of hide and seek. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. But it was always fun. I got to crawl around on the floor in a store or peek through shelving or even sometimes hide inside racks of cl...

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“Light ” by Jacelyn Herondale

Submitted to Contest #10

The sunlight was blinding her vision. The cars were zooming back and forth in front of her blurred sight. People were rising and falling in front of her, talking to her, talking in air. It was soundless. Complete, unnerving silence... Jacelyn calmly brought herself into the realm of reality. The subconscious mind can be disturbing sometimes. For her, it was always. Half a score before, she would find her eyes buried in a damp pillow, her sternum concealing itself in her thorax consistently. Presently, she folded her knees, lifting her h...

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“The Knuckleheaded Genius” by Anthony Eriksen

Submitted to Contest #10

I have always been a knucklehead. I act like an idiot until it comes to something I truly care about. My friends know that I love to give out advice when I know about something, so they come to me when they have problems. They do sometimes come to me with relationship advice. Me being me, I only care about this stuff since there my friends and I care about what happens to them.Little did I know, they were telling everyone about how much I've helped them. They say things like,"He may act like an idiot but he's pretty smart."Sometimes they wou...

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“juh NAY” by Chris Novak

Submitted to Contest #10

Writing CONTEST #159: PeanutsWrite a story about someone who is unexpectedly wise.CD Novak 10/04/19juh NAY“It’s always darkest before the dawn.” Well, is that so? The question is - how long before the dawn? Under what conditions? If three a.m. means before dawn, then this is probably right. If we’re talking about 6:30 then no. Janée had been gone for three years now. Not so old, not so young at 68 years. But she was in good health and her heart event caught us all off guard. After four days on life support I had had enough. She had...

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“Who am I?” by Malia Hebert

Submitted to Contest #10

“Who am I?” she questions as she sobs into her hands. “Is this really it? Is this all I am?” From the living room, her son yells for more milk. Her body feels heavy from the weight of her worries and insecurities, but she slowly stands and opens the fridge, pulling out the gallon of milk for what feels like the 453rd time that day. She cradles the cup in her hand. It wasn’t too long ago that all they owned were bottles. Her oldest isn’t a baby anymore. “Which means he’s old enough to start getting his own damn milk,” she mumbles under her br...

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“Too Cool For This School” by Emma Chaffey

Submitted to Contest #10

I walk into school like a queen. I mean, here at Lakeside Campus, I kind've am. Crowds part for me and some even ask me for an autograph. Some sad guy even proposes. "Marry me, Astrid!" he says, waving around a cheapie plastic ring in the midst of the crowd. I blow him a kiss and he clutches his chest, swooning."I'm shooting higher than that, honey..." I say, looking him up and down. He doesn't seem to realise that it's not a compliment. I strut away, ignoring the little people. They're so... ugh. I stick to my real followers. The cool ones....

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Ended on 23:59 - Oct 11, 2019 EST

Won by Andrew Grell 🏆

Title: To Suffer For One's Art

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